331 ITALIAN MISCELLANY incl. approx. half a Turkish postcard franked with a 20p red adhesive tied by a superb strike of "PIROSCAFI POSTALI ITALIANE/AGENZIA/DI/JAFFA/J. & V. FLORIO & CO." in violet, partial strike of "[COL VA]PORE/[DA A]LESSANDRIA" cancelling perfinned example of 30c brown Italian adhesive on 1924 postcard (faults) to Trieste (arrival mark) and five different 1905-38 ships' postmarks on cover or piece. (7 covers/cards + 3 pieces). £75
332 JAPAN: Group of 1897-1919 covers (one of them registered and another censored) & cards (many of them illustrated) carried by Canadian Pacific, South Manchurian Railway Co., Pacific Mail S.S. Co., O.S.K., T.K.K. etc. Several are written up on album leaves. (16 items). £120
333 RUMANIA: 1904 10b red postal stationery card addressed to Greece with weak but legible fancy "Tulcea-Galati" ship cancellation, attractive coloured PPC franked with Rumania 10b adhesive tied by weak "Sulina-Galati" ship cancellation & black h.s. of "S/S.Rosemount" (J. Cory & Sons, Cardiff) and two contemporary colour postcards depicting ships. (4 items). £75
334 URUGUAY: 1878 EL and part E both from Montevideo to Buenos Ayres franked with imperf. Uruguay adhesives and carried by British owned ships of the 'Mensajerias Fluviales', namely the 'Saturne' (a 607 ton paddle steamer belonging to Hardy of Glasgow) and the 'Silex'. (2 covers). £60
MILITARY POSTAL HISTORY
** 335 SOLDIER'S CONCESSION RATE COVER WITH LARGE CIRCULAR FRAMED "INDIA SOLDIERS/3/LONDON" MARK: 1838 EL (faded address & some creasing) from "Bangalore" to Glasgow with near fine red "MADRAS/SHIP LETTER/FREE" c..d.s. on reverse and a very fine strike of the rare "INDIA SOLDIERS/3/LONDON" on the obverse. PHOTO - see plate 13B £150
336 ANGLO-BOER WAR : DR. RICHARD HAMILTON, MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BURGHER CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN SOUTH AFRICA (1892-1902) 26 personal documents, displayed & written up on 18 pages, incl. rail permits, camp passes, Z.A.R. doctor's certificate, Natal doctor's licence (with £5 revenue stamp), appointment as superintendent, wages a/c as medical officer with Castle Line, cabinet photo cards, etc. Hamilton supervised the medical services for the infamous camps from Feb. 1901 to the end of the war. Unique archive, ex the George Crabb collection. *** £400
337 WWII: Four POW Airmail forms (1842-44) from the Isle of Wight, two to Italy & two to Germany, all to the same addressee. £30
338 WWII - PRISONER OF WAR CORRESPONDENCE, WARTIME LOG BOOK, PHOTOS & PERSONAL PAPERS OF R.A.F. FLYING OFFICER PATRICK NICKLESS OF DREWSTEIGNTON, DEVON, INMATE OF STALAG LUFT I, P.O.W. CAMP, EASTERN GERMANY (1943-1945) collection comprising : a) censored letters (11) to Nickless, incl. 7 P.O.W. 2‡d. letter sheets. b) "Wartime Log for British Prisoners", bound volume 113 pages, with manuscript diary, many coloured sketches depicting the inside of the camp and life therein, portraits, etc., camp ration list, food menus, contents of food parcels, list of books read, home addresses of fellow prisoners, etc. c) 35 real photos (incl. many with postcard backs) depicting interior of the camp, inmates, liberation by Russian army, camp amateur dramatics, etc. d) related ephemera, incl. camp identity card, P.O.W. money, notifications of promotions, camp music programmes, etc. Nickless was captured at Tunis in April 1943 and this archive provides a fascinating insight into life at Stalag Luft I camp near Barth on the Baltic coast of eastern Germany 1943-1945. £300
** 339 WWII - NEW CALEDONIA: MISCELLANY incl. 1943 envs. from Noumea to Red Cross in Geneva, the 1st bearing U.S. censor tape and 1f & 20f adhesives and other via San Francisco, Bermuda, New York and Lisbon franked with 50c, 2 x 4f 50c, 10f & 20f adhesives, 1944 6c postal stationery airmail env. uprated with 5c & 15c adhesives to pay the 6c air + 20c registration fee from '75th Naval Const. Batt.' at Navy 131 (Noumea), similar cover from N.C.B. 61, 1944 'V' mail form ex same F.P.O. 131 with h.s. on the front 'Unsuitable For Filming/V-Mail Division/Fleet Post Office' and circular 'PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR', same mark plus N.Z.A.P.O. 50 h.s. in violet on 1942 env. from "Com-so-Pac" (Commander, S. Pacific - Noumea) and other censored & O.A.S. items. (11 covers). £240
** 340 WWII - NEW CALEDONIA - U.S. NAVY: Miscellany incl. 1942/3 censored envs. (3) from members of construction battalions on New Caledonia with violet "FREE/SAILOR'S/ ENVELOPE" h.s. or m/s 'Free' (2), 1942 env. bearing 6c airmail adhesive and 1943 6c postal stationery airmail env. both used from Advance Naval Base, Noumea to U.S.A., env. sent free of postage (New Caledonia having been the first Pacific area authorized to use its name in sender's address) and 1942 envs. (2, one with small faults) sent free from 'Navy SSA' to San Francisco & from 'Navy S.S.A. Cub.1.3." to Cleveland both with A.P.O. & censor h.s.'s and the latter also having red printed message "IDLE GOSSIP SINKS SHIPS". (11 covers). £180
** 341 WWII - NEW CALEDONIA - U.S. NAVY: Further miscellany incl. 1943 6c airmail postal stationery envs. from Navy 608 (Mobile Hospital No.7 at Noumea) to Madison & ex No.5 to Brooklyn, opened-out official registered env. from "NAVY 8525 BN" to New York (free as official P.O. mail), 1943 & 1944 (2) envs. ex U.S.A. to Noumea with m/s markings, c.d.s.'s & m/s "NR" (No Record) endorsements and 1943/4 envs. (4) all sent @ 6c airmail rate from "FABU-1" (Fleet Air Base Unit) at Tontouta Airfield, 3rd Naval Construction Battalion at Noumea & 6th N.C.B. and env. from "Navy 8175" (another N.C.B.), all with censor marks and all to U.S.A. (11 covers). £120
** 342 WWII - NEW CALEDONIA - U.S. NAVY: Further miscellany incl. 1943 env. ex "Public Works, Navy 131" (Noumea) with m/s "Free/U.S. Navy" and circular"PASSED BY/NAVAL CENSOR" h.s., 1945 "NAVY DEPARTMENT" env. ex "USNAB, NAVY 131" (naval dispensary at Magenta Field), 1943 env. franked with 6c air + 10c special delivery adhesives from 88th Naval Construction Battalion at Mount Dore to St. Louis with different naval censorship mark and 1943 censored 6c postal stationery airmail env. (faults) uprated with 6c air & 15c adhesives to pay the 12c postage & 15c registration fee used from Navy 10914 Base Construction DepÙt P.O. at Noumea. (6 covers). £100
** 343 WWII - NEW CALEDONIA - U.S. NAVY - 'V' MAILS: 1943 (30 Jan.) and 1944 (Aug.) examples of 'V' mail from U.S.A. to Fleet Hospital No. 107 processed at F.P.O. 133 (Noumea), 1943 (31 July) 'V' mail from Base Hospital No.4 to San Diego, 1944 example from New Caledonia to San Francisco (latter two still having original envs.) & 1945 (30 Jan.) 'V' mail from Navy 8111 (20th Naval Construction Battalion based at Noumea) to San Francisco. Elusive material. (6 items). £120
** 344 WWII - NEW CALEDONIA - U.S. ARMY: 1942 env. from A.P.O. 502 sent free to U.S.A. ex "22ND. ORD. CO." bearing unusual naval censor mark, 1942 1c postal stationery card & stampless env to U.S.A. from A.P.O. 916, two large 1943 envs. from A.P.O. 502 bearing different "WD ESSENTIAL OFFICIAL AIRMAIL" h.s.'s, two smaller 1943 envs. to A.P.O. 502 (one with "Return to Sender" h.s.), 1942 censored covers to U.S.A. (3) & New Zealand using return address "A.P.O. 502", 1942 opened out env. addressed to A.P.O. 916 with various forwarding addresses & h.s.'s /m/s marks inc. red "PASSED BY/ CENSOR" & 1945 unprocessed British Airgraph posted from Toronto, Canada to A.P.O. 502. (13 covers) £150
** 345 WWII - NEW CALEDONIA - U.S. ARMY: 21 Oct., 1942 6c postal stationery airmail env. (faults) from a member of 172nd Infantry Regiment on board S.S. 'President Coolidge' at Noumea [thought to be the only Army item from Noumea associated with this famous ship on its fateful voyage], 1943 'V' mail messages (4) from A.P.O. 502 to U.S.A., two of which were processed at F.P.O. 133 (Noumea) & re-processed at San Francisco, 1943 6c postal stationery airmail env. uprated with 15c adhesive to pay regn. fee ex 43rd Infantry Division P.O., similar cover regd. ex Marine Corps Unit 975 at Noumea to San Diego and 1943/5 censored envs. (6) all from A.P.O. 502 with different types of machine cancellation. (13 items). £180
** 346 WWII - NEW CALEDONIA - U.S. ARMY: Group inc. 1942 env. to A.P.O. 502 (Noumea) with m/s endorsement 'Killed in Action', 1943 env. from Niagara Falls to same A.P.O. endorsed 'Missing in Action', c.1944 env. with 'DELIVER TO MESSAGE CENTER/ESSENTIAL MILITARY/AIR MAIL' printed in red from Harmon Mesaage Center, Camp Barnes, A.P.O. 502 and hand carried by Special Couier to San Francisco, c.1944 official printed War Dept. env. rubber-stamped 'OFFICER/ COURIER MAIL' ex same A.P.O. to Fort Mason, California with boxed 'ARMY COURIER/ SERVICE' violet h.s. and much travelled 1945 env. (usual faults for such an item) franked with 6c airmail adhesive ex A.P.O. 957 (Hawaii) to A.P.O. 323 (Philippines), thence to various hospital & other A.P.O. addresses (incl. New Caledonia) & finally marked 'RETURNED/TO SENDER' and 'Det of Patients/Att. Postal Officer/ S.F.P.E. A.P.O.' (6). £120
** 347 WWII - NEW HEBRIDES - MISCELLANEOUS & NAVY: 1940 regd. cover bearing 50c adhesive tied by c.d.s. of (Espiritu) "SANTO" and two registration marks, namely black boxed "R/SANTO /NOUVELLES-HEBRIDES" & a black on white label with "VILA" deleted and "SANTO" inserted in m/s, censored cover from Luganville to U.S.A. franked with 30c adhesive tied by indistinct Espiritu Santo d.s. and with "OPENED BY CENSOR-NEW HEBRIDES" bilingual censor tape, 1942 cover bearing 10c, 15c & 30c adhesives tied by "SANTO" d.s. sent locally and bearing return address of U.S.S. 'Crescent City', 1942 censored envs. (2) each franked with a 10c adhesive tied by "NEW HEBRIDES/INTER-ISLAND" & "PORT-VILA" d.s.'s respectively the latter censored initially at Port Vila and later at Sydney (N.S.W. "OPENED BY CENSOR" tape covers that applied in the New Hebrides), 1944 long brown env. (slightly reduced at left) with circular violet bilingual Condominium censor mark with both English and French Port Vila d.s.'s and 1945 incoming postcard from Algeria with a good variety of backstamps. (7 covers). £200
** 348 WWII - NEW HEBRIDES - MISCELLANEOUS & NAVY: 'V'-mail from Navy 600, Base Hospital 2 but censored and sent by post, 1943 cover franked with 6c airmail adhesive with censor mark & duplex cancellation, similar 1944 env. but with same hospital's designation shown as 'Navy 156' in return address, 1943 6c postal stationery env. (stained but scarce) from same hospital uprated with 3c & marginal 15c adhesives showing double-circle Registry d.s. of 'NAVY 206' (the number assigned to Advance Base at Efate) & scarce circular purple 'PASSED BY NAVAL CENSOR' (unique to naval facilities on the island) and pair of censored 1943 envs. franked with 6c airmail adhesives tied by mis-shapen 'U.S. NAVY' d.s.'s, the former with 'Navy 600' in return address and latter with 'U.S.N. Hosp #2/Navy 156' (6 items). £120
** 349 WWII - NEW HEBRIDES - U.S. NAVY: Group of envs. all connected with F.P.O. 140 incl. 1943 env. from Australia & 1944 6c postal stationery airmail env. from doctor with 24th N.C.B. at Munda (Solomons) both to Navy 140, 1944 cover to a sailor at Base Hospital No.3 c/o Navy 140 but sent on to California, 1944 cover posted at A.P.O. 887 (Paris) to "NAB-Navy 140",1944 3c postal stationery env. ex Kaplan to a sailor at Base Hospital No.6 but forwarded, 1944 cover @ 6c airmail rate from Long Beach to a sailor at Base Hospital No.3 with "NOT AT/BASE HOSPITAL 3/(date)" violet h.s. & sent on to U.S. Navy Hospital at Corona and 1945 cover addressed to Navy 140 but re-directed to Navy 926 (Guam). [8]. £120
** 350 WWII - NEW HEBRIDES - U.S. NAVY: 1943/5 Covers (mostly censored) incl. 6c airmail postal stationery env. ex CBMU 511, env. franked with 6c airmail stamp from 'Base H 2' but sent under the guise of Navy 156, env. endorsed 'U.S.N. Base Hosp. 62' without a Navy no. as part of sender's address, cover franked with 3 x 2c "For Defense" adhesives tied by "U.S. NAVY/BUY MORE BONDS" slogan-type cancellation, 1943 'V'-mail sheet ex a member of "LION ONE" (a complete base assembly sent from the mainland to form naval facility at Espiritu Santo) and mailgram from Commander Service Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet franked with 6c airmail adhesive addressed to "Medical Officer in Command, Lion No. One Hospital, US NAVAL BASE EBON", the latter being the only recorded incoming item showing use of 'EBON' as a mailing address. (7 items). £120
** 351 WWII - NEW HEBRIDES - MISCELLANEOUS AND U.S.NAVY: Miscellany incl. 1943 uprated 6c postal stationery env. sent from U.S.A. to N.Z. via Efate Island by PB2Y3 flying boat being 1 of only 2 recorded Sea Airlift covers, 1943 regd. censored cover with 'FABU-5' endorsement in return address (a small unit with its own post office from which mail is rare), 1943 censored env. franked with 6c airmail adhesive tied by black circular "U.S. NAVY" d.s. and showing 'Navy 206' in return address, cover showing 'N.A.B. Navy 156' (seaplane base in Vila harbour) in return address, 1942 env. franked with 2 x 3c 'For Defense' and 10c special delivery adhesives tied by "ARMY POST OFFICE A.P.O." d.s. but showing 'NAVY 1220' in return address and 1943 cover to New Jersey with 'NAVY 8085' (special number briefly assigned to 15th Naval Construction Battalion) in return address. (10 covers). £180
** 352 WWII - NEW HEBRIDES - EFATE ISLAND - U.S. ARMY: 1942/3 Covers ex A.P.O. 932 incl. 1942 env. to California with black circular "U.S. ARMY POSTAL SERVICE/A.P.O. 932" d.s. and superb violet circular "PASSED BY/BASE/1900/ARMY/EXAMINER", censored covers with similar postmarks but with a dot where the A.P.O. number had been excised as per 1 July, 1942 War Dept. directive, 1942 env. to Massachusetts with fine strike of the new "U.S. ARMY POSTAL SERVICE/ A.P.O." with rectangular black boxed "PASSED BY/U 19047 S/ARMY EXAMINER" and 1943 6c postal stationery airmail env. to Syracuse from a marine airman but processed by A.P.O. 932. (8 covers). £120
** 353 WWII - NEW HEBRIDES - EFATE ISLAND - U.S. ARMY: Further group of covers all from Efate Island in 1943 comprising opened out envs. regd. to Commanding General, San Francisco Port of Embarkation franked with different combinations of adhesives and wide range of backstamps, cover to Louisana franked with pair of 3c Jefferson perf. x imperf. stamps tied by a very fine violet circular strike (only known example of this d.s. in this colour ink) of "U.S. ARMY POSTAL SERVICE/ A.P.O. 932" & also bearing superb black circular "PASSED BY/BASE/1900/ARMY/EXAMINER" and illustrated env. (unusual ex South Pacific) to Delaware endorsed 'FREE' from Chaplain to 24th Infantry Regiment. (4 envs) £100
** 354 WWII - NEW HEBRIDES - ESPIRITU SANTO - U.S. ARMY etc.: 1943 Covers incl. two bearing most widely used types of "U.S. ARMY POSTAL SERVICE/708/A.P.O." cancellations (one with the scarce type 4 used at Luganville Airfield), env. regd. to Australia sent from same A.P.O. by a civilian Government employee (only known example of such usage), env. to New Jersey from private in 129th Infantry Regt. (which used A.P.O.708 instead of A.P.O. 37 whilst on the island), cover from an Air Force officer via A.P.O.719 (started earlier in the year at Penda Airfield to provide postal services for U.S.A.F.) and Christmas Day env. cancelled by the only known example of the A.P.O. double-circle inverted d.s. sent via A.P.O.708. (7 covers). £150
** 355 WWII - NEW HEBRIDES - U.S. MARINE CORPS POSTAL SERVICE: Group of covers incl. 6c postal stationery env. cancelled at MAG-11 P.O. number 1045, 1943 cover from U.S.M.C. 1050 (assigned to H.Q., Marine Air Group 11), cover from marine sergeant cancelled by 'blind type' blue "U.S.S. /Navy" mark, two 1943 'V' mail items processed by Navy Base P.O. on Espiritu Santo, scarce incoming 'V' mail ex Illinois to a marine airman at Luganville, 1942 env. from a marine captain on Efate Island with endorsement "MARINE'S MAIL/VIA AIR" franked with 6c airmail stamp tied by superb duplex type "U.S./NAVY" cancellation & also bearing a v. fine "PASSED BY/NAVAL CENSOR" double-ring cachet in blue and 1943 FDC franked with pair of N. Z. triangular Health stamps prepaying the correct 3d airmail rate to a member of the R.N.Z.A.F. at A.P.O. 361 (Pillikulo Airfield on Espiritu Santo). [15 covers]. £240
** 356 WWII - SOLOMON ISLANDS - THE DEFENCE FORCE: Small group comprising env. franked with 6c airmail adhesive used from A.P.O.709 to Perth and 6c postal stationery envs. (4), one to the same addressee, the second from 'Native Labor Corps' to "Special Services" in Los Angeles, the third self-censored from Capt. Larkin of the said Corps and the last from A.P.O.709 to Sydney. (5 covers). £100
** 357 WWII - SOLOMON ISLANDS - GUADALCANAL - TULAGI CAMPAIGN - MARINE MAIL: 1942/3 Selection of envs. from various Marine units on Guadalcanal to the U.S.A. incl. Nos. 200, 425, 570, 650, 709 and 960 and a 'V' mail env. sent by a member of the 25th Infantry Division through A.P.O. 250; three of the covers from A.P.O. 709 (all censored) have examples of the "SAN FRANCISCO CALIF. U.S. Army Postal Service Br./A.P.O. 709" c.d.s. (18 covers). £150
** 358 WWII - SOLOMON ISLANDS - GUADALCANAL - TULAGI CAMPAIGN - NAVY MAIL: 1942 Early 'V' mail from the Campaign sent by C.O. of 6th Naval Construction Battalion from F.P.O. 130 (Suva) to U.S.A. via A.P.O. 913 (Nandi) and using scarce UUB code for Guadalcanal in return address, 1942 (28 Nov.) env. with earliest recorded use of 'Navy 8040' mailing address, unprocessed illustrated 'V' mail form also ex same correspondence using UUB return address but sent in normal military mails to U.S.A. and 1942/3 group of covers all censored & all to U.S.A. with various return addresses incl. 'Navy UUB' (2) & 'Navy 8040' (4) and 1943 env. from Navy 8140 (N.C.B.) to Chicago. (12 items). £160
** 359 WWII - SOLOMON ISLANDS - RE-OCCUPATION OF GUADALCANAL - ARMY MAIL: 1943/5 Group of covers from A.P.O. 709 incl. a study of the machine cancellation dies (9 covers), the handstamps/c.d.s.'s (6 covers), 1945 forwarded letter with oval "A.P.O.-709/C/O/P.M. San Francisco. Cal." d.s. in violet and 1944 env. from Bougainville routed through A.P.O. 709. (23 covers). £150
** 360 WWII - SOLOMON ISLANDS - RE-OCCUPATION OF GUADALCANAL - MARINE MAIL: 1943/4 Covers (all but one censored, four opened out for display, six registered & two charged postage due) from various corps inc.1st Marine Amphibious, 2nd Marine Raiders & 3rd Marine Division with A.P.O and M.C.P.O. marks etc. (21 covers) £160
** 361 WWII - SOLOMON ISLANDS - RE-OCCUPATION OF GUADALCANAL: 1945 Env. with scarce A.P.O. 1056 return address (used by staff & patients of 20th Station Hospital) and bearing v. fine A.P.O. 709 machine cancellation with inverted date slug and 1945 U.S. 6c postal stationery airmail env. to New Jersey cancelled by same machine cancellation (albeit with correctly inserted date slug) but with m/s return address at top left which includes '513 Q.M. Laundry Det./A.P.O. 1056' & bearing framed censor cachet. A scarce pair. £120
** 362 WWII - SOLOMON ISLANDS - RE-OCCUPATION OF NEW GEORGIA ISLAND: 1943 Covers (2, one showing Navy 250 return address) posted at Ondonga Island by members of 11th Defense Battalion, 1943/4 envs. (9) from various U.S. units incl. three from A.P.O. 717 at Munda Airfield, 1943 'V' mail complete with env. from a major with B.S.I.D.F. to Bedford, England (fine & thought to be the only recorded 'V' mail to the U.K. from this campaign), c.1943 uncensored 'V' mail from A.P.O. 717 sent via A.P.O. 709 (Guadalcanal), Tarawa & Hawaii to U.S.A. and 1945 censored env. franked with Australian 3d adhesive sent from N.Z.A.P.O. 308 (where Australian stamps were available) to Sydney. (13 items). £110
** 363 WWII - SOLOMON ISLANDS - RE-OCCUPATION OF THE RUSSELL ISLANDS: 1944 'V' mails comprising one complete with env. posted from A.P.O. 292 to Guadalcanal for processing and thence via Tarawa, Hawaii & Hamilton Field (California) to Hollywood, an inbound 'V' mail from Oakland, California to 41st Station Hospital, A.P.O. 292 and an example from a member of 11th 'Special' N.C.B. at Banika, Russell Islands to U.S.A. A fine trio. £100
** 364 WWII - WALLIS & FUTUNA ISLANDS: 1943 Covers (all but one censored) with Wallis & Futuna connections comprising 15 Feb. env. ex U.S.M.C.380 (the security mailing address for the 8th Marine Defense Battalion), 20 April cover to California from Company 'I' of 22nd Marine Regiment ex M.C.P.O. 440 to M.C.P.O. 1200 for onward transmission to Samoa, 22 April env. to Chicago ex 'NAVY 2O7' (Uvea, Wallis Island), another cover to Chicago but this time from 3rd Naval Construction Battalion postmarked at U.S. Marine Corps P.O.1200 (Uvea airstrip) and 28 June cover to Massachusetts from same post office. (5 covers). £95
WORLD-WIDE AIRMAILS
365 MISCELLANY: Cover album containing an extensive collection of flown covers. Some earlier types noted but predominantly WWII. (Approx. 140). £200
366 MISCELLANY: The early to modern selection of flown covers & cards with many First Flights. Strength in GB & British Commonwealth with useful Irelaand, a few Imperial Airways First Flights, etc. (Approx. 80 items). £120
367 MISCELLANY: 1912-27 Pioneer flight covers from Germany & Austria inc. 1912 Mannheim & Munich special cards plus Leipzig Margareten-Volksfest card with scarce grey label, 1919 Weimar flight (special Wurttemburg card), 1921 Frankenhausen flight card & 1925 Dorsten flight cover. Also 1925 Vienna-London special flight cover & 1927 Vienna-Salzburg flight card. Small faults but a good lot. (8 items). £100
368 MISCELLANY of flown covers with strength in middle period items inc. (1938) Saudi Arabia to USA with 'VIA TWA' h.s. or Finland with 'B.O.A.C.' h.s., 1938 Sierra Leone reg'd cover to UK, SÈnÈgal 1931 reg'd pair, Israel to Prague via KLM, Philippines-USA (1951) with 'BY SPECIAL AIR POUCH', 1936 Japanese PO in Hsinking to Belgrade via Irkutsk with airmail chop etc. (32 items). £100
369 MISCELLANY with good range of middle period covers with instructional marks inc. KGVI GB covers (2) with different 'NO AIR MAIL SERVICE AVAILABLE' h.s., another boxed 'INSUFFICIENTLY PAID...' & red bars on censored service mail; various m/s or h.s. 'JUSQU'A...' marks on Greek (6) or Danish covers, 1938 E ex Lisbon to USA with typewritten onward transit by named ship instruction, 1938 Switzerland-Gold Coast via Dakar, 1939 Luxembourg-Ecuador with additional Belgian franking etc. (32 items). £100
370 MISCELLANY: Trio of covers ex UK to Brazil at 3/6d rate inc. 1934 Graf Zeppelin Xmas Flight (scarcer Berlin cachet), 1935 E with cachet '1JAHR DEUTSCHER POSTFLUG/EUROPA-SUDAMERIKA'; 1936 (13.April) E ex Rio to UK with CZL cachet & 1937 E from UK to Gambia via Lufthansa catapult service. (5 items). £100
371 AUSTRIA: 1918 (9 August) commercial cover flown to Budapest by military 'plane, franked with 2,50k on 3k air stamp & 15h; also unusual (1927) masthead of the Wiener Journal with scarce 'Servizio Aereo-Flugdienst/Wien - Venezia - Roma' h..s. (2 items). £100
372 AUSTRIA: Group of interesting airmail covers, 1924-32, most with routing directions and inc. two (1930-32) examples to the UK with boxed bilingual 'jusqu'a' h.s. completed for Berlin & London and a third (1932) to Germany via Dresden, 1930 E to Algeria (faults) with small 'Par avion France (Algerie)' and large reg'd cover to China via Konigsberg & Siberia. (9 items). £150
373 BELGIUM: Group of flown covers, 1920-38 inc. 1921 air route advertising slogan on PPC & early advertising route card, 1920-22 pair at 1f rate to UK inc. boxed bilingual h.s., 1923 fine 'PAR AVION/Via BRUXELLES- LONDRES', 1931 reg'd E with Hamburg forwarding h.s. etc. (9 items). £120
374 BULGARIA & GREECE: Group of covers inc. 1937 E to USA ex Plovdiv with scarce s/l 'Par avion jusqu'a (London)' h.s. carried on the 'Queen Mary' & PPC ex Sofia to Prague via Vienna; 1930 Athens-Vienna cover routed via Zemun & 1933 E to Czechoslovakia with boxed 'PAR AVION/JUSQU'A (Budapest)'. (4 items). £70
375 CATAPULT MAIL - S.S.'BREMEN': An interesting group of covers originating in Germany or the USA and flown from the SS 'Bremen' inc. 1929 (22 July) FFC Westbound and (2 August) Eastbound x 4 inc. one with German franking cancelled by NDL machine; also 1929-31 items from three subsequent flights, one of which (to USA) has the boxed 'Mit Luftpost zum D. "Bremen" bef–rdert', the other pair ex US with different cachets. Also two contemporary ‡ plate photographs of aeroplanes taking off from the deck of the 'Bremen'. (8 covers & 2 photographs). £150
376 CATAPULT MAIL - S.S. 'EUROPA' etc: Attractive group of covers flown from the 'Europa' inc. two from the USA 1930-33 and four from Germany with various cachets inc. boxed 'Mit Vorausflug nach New York / Southampton' and NDL cancellations, also a 1931 'MOPHIILA' publicity card for the 'Europa' service and a ‡ plate photograph of a Heinkel 'plane aboard the ship. In addition, a 1929 (20 August) 'Ile de France' return flight cover ex USA to Paris and a 1931pilot-signed FFC from California to the 'City of Los Angeles' and Hawaii. (9 covers & a photograph). £150
377 CZECHOSLOVAKIA: 1925-38 Group of covers inc. several scarce items with 1925 E to Denmark with crayon 'Par avion de Dresden', 1927 two distinct types of the bilingual 'PAR AVION DE PRAGUE' h.s. on covers to Germany with Munich or Dresden forwarding h.s., 1924 card with rare routing label 'Par avion de Prague/ý Bratislava' etc. (7 items). £140
378 EGYPT: Group of flown covers inc. an example from the 1929 Imperial Airways first return flight UK-India, 1936 KLM air label on cover to Athens, 1933 scarce 35m rate to Holland via Brindisi etc. (5 items). £70
379 ESTONIA: 1926 Scarce PPC to UK with 'TALLINN - AERONAUT' c.d.s. of the Estonian Airline Co., E to UK (1936) with s/l 'Par avion au dela de Berlin' h.s. plus 1937 commercial air cover to Sweden. (3 items). £60
380 FINLAND: Fine 1924 E to UK with s/l 'Poste aerienne' h.s. of Helsinki also good 1929-35 range of covers to Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark & Palestine with various routing marks etc. (7 items). £120
381 FRANCE & MONACO: Group of flown covers inc. scarce 'AIR MAIL/EXPRESS' E to London (1920), 'Bristol Aeroplanes' advertising cover (1930), 1929-32 pair with different boxed 'TRANSPORTÉ EXCEPTIONELLEMENT...' h.s., 1929 Monaco to Copenhagen via Hamburg etc. Attractive group. (9 items). PHOTO - £160
382 GERMANY: Range of covers & cards to Scandinavia & the Baltic, 1920-31 inc. scarce early flight to Denmark, 1922 air express card to Latvia, card to Denmark (1925) with fine boxed 'Befordret med Luftpost/KJOBENHAVN', items to Estonia (1931), Memel (1923), Finland (1926) with boxed 'Mit Luftpost/via Korpenhagen=Helsingfors', fine PPC of Junkers plane to Finland etc. (7 items). £160
383 GERMANY: Miscellany of flown covers inc. 1923 commercial E to UK, 1922 PPC ex Wangerooge Island with boxed forwarding mark of Bremen - similar marks on 1925 pair of Frankfurt / Norderey covers with Hanover or Nordeney forwarding marks, scarce Mannheim forwarding label (1925) on cover to Switzerland, 1926 air express samples env. to UK, good instructional marks etc. A good lot. (14 items). £200
384 GREECE: Group of covers flown by Italian Airlines via Brindisi - 6 items from (January) 1928-38 with routing marks inc. boxed 'PAR AVION/JUSQU'A...' h.s. of Brindisi (2) & Patras. An interesting lot. (6 items). £90
385 GREECE & YUGOSLAVIA: Group of covers carried by Imperial Airways on the Athens-Alexandria route, most with boxed 'jusqu'a' marks inc. 1931 E ex Belgrade, Crete (1939) with scarce 'PAR AVION/JUSQU'a ATHINAI' plus others to Syria, Lebanon & Palestine. (5 items). £90
386 HUNGARY: First flights - 1920 Newspaper sent airmail under wrapper to Szombathely (FF 7/11) with 3k air stamp and PPC with 8k franking - first regular flight 8/11/20, both carried by MAEFORT. Also (2.12.20) a 'drop-mail' card to Ostffiasszonyfa. Scarce trio. (3 items). £100
387 HUNGARY: Interesting group of covers inc. 1927 reg'd E with scarce boxed 'BUDAPEST-K÷LN' cachet, s/l 'Par avion de Budapest ý (Medan) ' (1936), plus mail to scarcer destinations inc. Crete, Norway, Sweden & Greece. (6 items). £120
388 LATVIA: 1921-22 Scarce pair of covers flown to Switzerland by Deutsch Luft Reeden & Lloyd Ostflug, 1925 reg'd express E to UK, 1937 pair of Es to Denmark & Hungary etc. Also 1939 reg's express cover ex Lithuania to Prague. (6 items). £120
389 LUXEMBOURG: 1929-31 Trio of flown covers inc. hotel advertising cover to UK with early example (10.7.29) of a mixed Luxemburg-Belgium franking, 1931 reg'd cover to Leipzig with German 10pf stamp & Halle forwarding h.s. plus 1931 PPC to Hungary with German 10pf pair . (3 items). £70
390 RUSSIA: Group of covers inc. (1932-34) pair to Denmark, one with bilingual cachet the other with "s.s.ERIK-B" h.s., items to Latvia (1936), UK (1937, reg'd with 'Par avion/au dela de Stockholm' h.s.), 1936 FFC to Prague, two PPCs of 'planes etc. (7 items). £90
391 SPANISH MOROCCO - C.E.T.A.: Scarce group of early covers inc. commercial E ex Larache to Seville (1922), to UK (1925) & Madrid (1926 with airmail franking) plus three later examples to Germany, two with forwarding h.s. of Stuttgart or N¸rnberg. (6 items). £150
392 SWEDEN: 1925-38 Group of flown covers, most with routing marks, inc. items to Hungary (1925 with Templehof forwarding cachet), Rome & Yugoslavia (1934), Bulgaria (1938), Germany, Bulgaria, Finland etc. (9 items). £120
393 SWEDEN: 1927-34 Attractive group of covers inc. E to Moscow via Finland (1927), 1929 'Ice Flight' cover to UK with m/s endorsement, 1929 air cover to USA with red bars obliterating air label and a trio of different forwarding cachets. (6 items). £100
394 TURKEY: Trio of flown covers 1927-31 inc. scarce 'Aero-Espresso' service to Brindisi, 1931 E to Germany with Breslau forwarding h.s. & 1930 (torn) cover to Denmark with boxed forwarding h.s. of Berliln & Flensburg. (3 items). £70
395 U.S.A. - SHORE TO SHIP MAIL: Rare 1927 "AIR MAIL FLIGHT FAILED TO S.S. LEVIATHAN" cover. August 1st cover (opened out for display) bearing 2c Washington & 10c Airmail endorsed "SS Leviathan" and with a fine strike of the scarce "AIR MAIL FLIFGT FAILED TO SS LEVIATHAN" cachet on reverse. PHOTO - see plate 13A £100
396 YUGOSLAVIA: Group of flown covers with transit markings to various European destinations inc. Denmark, Germany (inc. boxed 'PAR AVION/jusqu'a (Wien)' , Czechoslovakia (Czech airline rooute card), UK with Hillman 'BY AIR MAIL' h.s., Italy & Hungary. (7 items). £75
397 CRASH/WRECK MAIL: 1936 env. from Adelaide to Ickenham, Middx. bearing S.Australia set of three plus KGV 1d green, salvaged from the wreck of the "Scipio" and with large two-line "DAMAGED BY/SEA WATER" cachet. Offered along with a newspaper cutting about the crash of the Flying Boat. £50
398 AIR FRANCE: A group of attractive covers carried to (mainly) European destinations inc. 1930-35 pair of French military covers ex Beirut, one with 'par avion Beyrouth Marseille' h.s., plus various commercial covers ex Syria & Lebanon with routing directions inc. Vienna 'Im Postwege bef–rdert/da Sonntag kein Flug', fine 'PAR HYDRAVION VOIE AIR ORIENT' env., 1931 E with similar label, 'BEYROUTH-MARSEILLE' & 'TRIPOLI-LONDRES', 1937 Iran-UK E with s/l 'PAR AVION JUSQU'A (Paris)' etc. (15 items). £240
399 AIR FRANCE: Range of covers carried on former CIDNA routes inc. Lisbon (1936) & Brussels (1937) to Prague, Paris to Athens & Istanbul (1935) and scarce 1937 PPC ex Luxemburg to Czechoslovakia with m/s 'Par avion via Strasbourg' & French 75c stamp added in transit. (5 items). £75
400 AIR FRANCE: Selection of covers inc. Austria-U.K. (1935) with 'via Paris' routing, Czechoslovakia to Rumania (1936) & France (1938), Hungary - Bulgaria (1934) with exhibition labels and Poland to Brazil (1934) with scarce 'PAR AVION DE WARSZAWA/A (Paris)' h.s., Morocco (1935) and USA (1937) with fine 'Par avion/jusqu'ý Paris' h.s. (7 items). £150
401 AIR FRANCE: Useful group of covers inc. Bulgaria-UK (1937) with scarce s/l 'Par avion jusqu'ý (Paris)', Greece-Canada (1934) with scarce red boxed 'PAR AVION/JUSQU'A PARIS' h.s. plus Rumania E to Denmark (reg'd), UK, Holland & Spain (1934-37) also Yugoslavia to Algeria (1934). (7 items). £140
402 AIR ORIENT/AIR FRANCE: Group of covers flown from Greece to European destinations, all with routing h.s. inc. 'PAR AVION/JUSQU'A' marks (4). An interesting lot. (5 items). £70
403 AIR UNION: France-Tunisia group 1927-38 - 5 covers inc. early commercial E from Corsica, 'DE TUNISIE EN FRANCE' instructional mark (1930) etc. (5 items). £80
404 C.F.R.N.A.: Group of scarce covers flown by the French -Roumanian Line inc. 1922 Paris-Budapest with boxed 'LEGI POSTAVAL ERKEZETT' & Guynemer label, 1924 to Bratislava and Turkey - the latter endorsed 'de Paris a Angora via Constantinople' & Zurich-Warsaw (1923) with scarce 'PAR AVION STRASBURG-PRAGUE-VARSOVIE' label. (4 items). £160
405 C.F.R.N.A.: Further selection of scarce early covers (most registered) to Eastern Europe inc. Prague-Warsaw with bilingual 'LETECKA POSTA PRAHA-VARSAVA' label (1922), Prague-India (1923) with Prague-Paris label, 1921 pair ex Warsaw to Paris & USA - the latter with boxed h.s. for m/s air-rate & 1922 Warsaw-Budapest E (edge wear) with similar boxed h.s. (5 items). £180
406 C.F.R.N.A.: 1922 uprated express postcard ex Budapest to Berne via Vienna with ornamental boxed cancellation & red boxed 'PAR AVION (jusqu'a Paris) LEGIPOSTA', reg'd E Budapest-Paris with m/s rate annotation, 1923-24 Bucarrest to Paris or Warsaw, the former with bilingual pink label & red 'PAR AVION/via Prague @@ Strasbourg' h.s. and 1924 Belgrade-Budapest reg'd E with large blue airmail label. Scarce. (5 items). £180
407 C.I.D.N.A.: Algeria 1928-30 card & E to Prague & Budapest, the former with 'Cette correspondance/ÈtÈ transportÈe par avion' h.s., the latter with 'SECTION AVION' h.s. cancvelling two stamps, Morocco - Prague (1926) & Nuremburg (1932) with fine boxed 'Mit Luftpost bef–rdert/Postamt N¸rnberg 2 Flughafen', 1922 Paris-Bucarest & 1927 Monaco-Budapest uprated postcard. (6 items). £140
408 C.I.D.N.A.: Mail from Austria inc. (1926) E to UK, 1931to San Francisco - multiple franking with boxed 'Mit Flug bis (Paris) /Par Avion jusqu'ý........' h.s. & (1931) to Sofia with 'Zuschlagfrei mit Flug bef–rdert/ExpÈdiÈ par avion sans droit'; also 1929 E ex Poland to France, 1925 reg'd E ex Budapest to Prague with boxed 'BUDAPEST-WIEN' & 1933 Alag-Uganda cover via Athens. (6 items). £120
409 C.I.D.N.A.: Group of covers originating in Czechoslovakia inc. 1925 reg'd FFC to Turkey IRMAIL - with 'Par avion de Prague/ý Constantinople' label, 1925 E to Zurich via Vienna, 1926 to Paris & 1931 CIDNA advertising E to the USA. (4 items). £140
410 C.I.D.N.A.: Group of covers inc. Yugoslavia to Warsaw (1925) & Vienna (1928), Rumania to Vienna (1925), Athens (1930), Czechoslovakia (1931), Germany (1932) & Belgium (1930) plus CIDNA 1931 Vincennes Meeting card to Bucarest. (8 items). £150
251-330
331-410
411-490
491-570
571-650
651-730
731-810
811-890
891-970
971-1045
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